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17 April 1976: Boy Scouts Host Open House at Franklin Hotel

This Day in Athens

On this day in 1976, Boy Scout Troop 76 hosted an open house at the old Franklin Hotel on Broad Street. The building had been left empty since 1972 when the Athens Hardware Company, formerly the Childs-Nickerson Hardware Company, moved from the site af... »

Caterpillar Announcement A Win For Georgia

Cracker Squire

From the 2-2-2012 Dublin Courier Herald:Georgia leaders were all smiles Friday as they officially announced the rumored biggest economic development deal since Kia chose West Point to locate their auto manufacturing facility. Caterpillar, the maker of ... »

Political Notes – Those new jobs come with a price tag

Tom Crawford's Georgia Report

Georgia should see many new jobs created by the opening of a Caterpillar plant in the Athens area, but those jobs will come at a cost to taxpayers . . . »

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‘Go Fish’ goes south

Tom Crawford's Georgia Report

Walter Jones takes a look back at the grandiose "Go Fish" program instituted by former governor Sonny Perdue; what he finds isn't pretty . . . »

One Press Place Sold: Home of the Banner-Herald

Athens Music Junkie (In Training)

 Look, I'm one of those folk who believe local news should be covered by local people. I'm also one of those people who have looked at their ABJs (in newspapers no less) and sighed as the near-inevitable crash of journalism as we know it came to our fr... »

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Review of Selig Tract Raises Questions

The Other Athens

Read the column here (27 November 2011).I always ask my wife to proofread my columns (so if an error slips through, I can blame her, right?). Upon reading this one, she said that I sounded angry.And you know what, she is correct; quite apart from the s... »

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Economic Studies Bode Ill for River District Plan

The Other Athens

Read the column here (04 September 2011).“Review of: The Athens-Clarke County Unified Government,” prepared by the 2010 Overview Commission (January 2011).  This document used to appear on the old version of the Auditor’s page of the Unified Government... »

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Zaxby's Names Blake Bailey CFO

Athens Patch

  Zaxby’s has appointed Blake Bailey as chief financial officer (CFO) for Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc. (ZFI). Bailey succeeds Tony Townley, founding partner with Zach McLeroy chief executive officer (CEO) of ZFI. Townley is becoming Zaxby's executive vice... »

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